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Mattie Lubchansky’s Folk-Horror Graphic Novel ‘Simplicity’ Is Transcendent

Lubchansky illustrates trans sexuality as sensual and transcendental but also with all the messy awkwardness and vulnerability that comes with…

Nic Anstett

Oct 6, 2025

comics/graphic novels

trans book

lgbt book reviews

Mattie Lubchansky’s Folk-Horror Graphic Novel ‘Simplicity’ Is Transcendent

Lubchansky illustrates trans sexuality as sensual and transcendental but also with all the messy awkwardness and vulnerability that comes with human intimacy.

Nic Anstett —

Oct 6, 2025

literary fiction

novel

lgbt book reviews

I Have Never Felt More Cherokee Than While Reading ‘To the Moon and Back’

This novel is queer in the best ways.

Autumn Fourkiller —

Sep 11, 2025

literary fiction

novel

first person

Twenty-Five Years Later, Michelle Tea’s ‘Valencia’ Remains Stunning Portrait of Lesbian Life

Valencia permitted me to romanticize my world.

Malavika Kannan —

Aug 29, 2025

novel

sci-fi/fantasy

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

lgbt book reviews

The Toxic Lesbian Vampire Novel That Turned Me Into a Fantasy Reader

V.E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil sunk its fangs into me and never let go.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Jun 17, 2025

Kate Moennig

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the l word

‘So Gay For You’ Is Everything I Hoped It Would Be and More

‘So Gay For You’ is a loving portrait of chosen community, a roaming time capsule of queer pop culture, a platonic love story, a behind-the-scenes look at a groundbreaking show…

Riese —

Jun 4, 2025

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memoir

Author photo of Dawn Staley (by Kareem Black) and Image of the "Uncommon Favor" book cover

lgbt book reviews

Dawn Staley’s Memoir Welcomes a New Generation of Women’s Basketball Fans Into Her Greatness

Uncommon Favor isn’t just a memoir about Dawn Staley; it’s a history lesson in the growth of women’s basketball.

Natalie —

Jun 3, 2025

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literary fiction

lgbt book reviews

‘A Sharp Endless Need’ Lives in the Intersection of Sex and Basketball

At their heart, great sex and great basketball rely on the same fundamental principles: trust, attention, collaboration, and a desire to create something with whoever you’re with.

Gen —

May 13, 2025

featured

nonfiction

lgbt history

The Hidden History of Lesbian Phone Lines

London Friend’s Lesbian Line, which opened in 1989 and closed in 1999, was one of many gay and lesbian phone lines across the UK.

Lauren Herold —

May 1, 2025

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nonfiction

The Hidden History of Lesbian Phone Lines

London Friend’s Lesbian Line, which opened in 1989 and closed in 1999, was one of many gay and lesbian phone lines across the UK.

Lauren Herold

lgbt history

greatest hits

interview

Trauma Queen: An Autostraddle Book Review and Interview

Trauma Queen, the new memoir by Lovemme Corazon, is a hard read but equally hard to put down. There are many, many people who will find a familiar history in…

Mey —

Jun 11, 2013

alison bechdel

autostraddle book club

Autostraddle Book Club #4: Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

“I am literally incapable of talking about a memoir about a queer woman grappling with a fraught, distant, infuriating relationship with her father without talking about myself.”

Rachel —

Nov 11, 2011

greatest hits

memoir

Patti Smith’s “Just Kids” Belongs to Lovers, Artists and Outcasts

Patti Smith’s ‘Just Kids’ is an incredible story. I want to tell you about it.

Crystal —

Jul 13, 2011

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